Example sentences of "[prep] her [noun sg] for [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bridget looked after her son for the first eighteen months before getting a job so he recognises her as his mother , whereas it could be quite easy for a baby to start calling its grandmother " Mum " . |
| 2 | She had lain in her child 's bed and become aware of the reality of her heart for the first time as its beat quickened in response to the sparrow 's wild meanderings . |
| 3 | A woman has the right to stop work until her child is three and gets a third of her salary for the first 18 months . |
| 4 | He had looked directly into her face for the first time and she saw his dark eyes blaze with a mixture of anger and pain . |
| 5 | Belinda Jones , ’ the owner of the name said simply , and waited while Dr Russell 's sister seemed to fully take in her presence for the first time . |
| 6 | Mrs Beveridge cared for Leanne 's two children in her home for the first 24 hours of the siege . |
| 7 | Seeing his eyes move away from her mouth for the first time since the whole affair had begun , she shook her shoulders so that her full , rounded gourds trembled like jelly . |
| 8 | Their enthusiastic welcome brought a smile to her face for the first time that morning . |
| 9 | For instance , when the Yorkshire Television helicopter landed on her doorstep for the first time , it was feared that the experience may be alarming to her , something akin to an alien spaceship settling on to the average suburban lawn . |